Claudia Barrero

Claudia Barrero

/Partner

Colombia

Partner at PPU expert in Corporate M&A and Capital Markets. Her legal practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions of listed companies, financial institutions and energy companies. She has advised Colombian blue-chip companies in multiple equity and debt issues, infrastructure projects, corporate governance and complex corporate matters. Among many others, she has represented Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, Grupo Argos, Mutua Madrileña, Celsia, Hocol, Century Energy, Cementos Argos, Banco Santander, Gerdau.

Cita

Claudia Barrero is an exceptional lawyer, recognized for her technical strength, leadership skills and for always having a solution-oriented approach".

Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners, Latin America, 2026.

Education

Stock Market Operations Course

Cesa-Incolda

2003

Master of Laws in international business legal studies (LL.M)

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

1994 - 1995

Postgraduate Degree in Commercial Law

Universidad de Los Andes

1993 - 1994

Lawyer

Universidad Externado de Colombia

1991

Languages

English / Spanish

Work Experience

Partner

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

2015 - Currently

Partner

Prietocarrizosa

2005 - 2014

Associate

Prietocarrizosa

1997 - 2005

Memberships

Co-Vice Chair of the Women's Committee, IBA

2024

Scholarship Officer of the Women Lawyers' Interest Group, IBA

2018 - 2019

Active Member of the Family Firm Institute, United States since

Desde el 2016

Board Member of financial entities and national companies

Principal Member of the Board of Directors, SCG Legal, United States

2011 - 2016

Was the first non-American to chair the Board of Directors of SCG Legal, United States

2014

Academic and Teaching Activities

Various universities in Colombia

Professor, Capital Markets Program

2014